Watch Andrew Bird and Esperanza Spalding Play Herbie Hancock, Alice Coltrane, More

Last year, Andrew Bird began a series called “Live From the Great Room,” where musicians join him in his home to perform an acoustic set. Guests included Fiona Apple, the National’s Matt Berninger, John C. Reilly, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and more. After a break for touring, the second season kicks off with Esperanza Spalding, who sings and plays upright bass and bass guitar. Watch the full episode below. After opening the show with Alice Coltrane, they run through a four-song set: Spalding’s “Apple Blossom,” Bird’s “Truth Lies Low,” Herbie Hancock’s “Ostinato (Suite for Angela),” and Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “Inútil Paisagem.”

Read Pitchfork’s feature, “Esperanza Spalding: Insubordinate by Nature.”

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